This reminds me of the saying "one must imagine sisyphus happy".
Humans can be very happy working towards something. Not having a goal is an existential problem because we have no true purpose.
I am rich and have no idea what to do
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#102The cringiest humblebrag of a blog post in some time.
The only proper emotion in success is gratitude to the many people who helped you along the way.
Have some bloody decorum.
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#103While I can't totally relate to this scenario I feel something like this playing video games. I'm happiest when I'm working towards the goal and once you defeat the big boss / get the best gems, etc you're just standing there wondering what now.
I think the most exhilarating part is before you are about to beat the big boss (which in this case would be the offer for acquisition i suppose).
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#104Three suggestions
- pick anything you don't know the answer to, try to find the answer (can also be personal, like how you behave in certain ways)
- pick something physical you do not have, instead of buying it, make it yourself
- pick some skill you don't have or would like to have, get proficient in it
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#105stopped reading at "NPC coworkers"
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#106I don't think you have to have Fuck You Money to get to this point. Most people eventually become disillusioned with work enough that they reevaluate what matters to them. Getting a very profitable exit is just one way to trigger that experience.
In my experience, a lot of people who get into this state start self-sabotaging hard as a way of rejecting what feels, ironically, like losing control. Sudden freedom can feel foreign and lot like your world got forcibly taken away from you. I'm not surprised the author is turning down opportunities and breaking off with his girlfriend. It's a way of taking back control.
When this happened to me, I pivoted hard from getting satisfaction out of what I built to getting satisfaction out of developing people. Now I take great pride out of the careers I've nurtured...a lot more than what I've built, in most ways. I've heard others express similar ideas in different ways, like "I now enjoy making other people rich."
No matter what, I encourage the author to use this time to build connections instead of destroying them (real connections...not work or SF acquaintances). Something I did not read in this essay is how he grew closer to anyone (in fact, I read the opposite). No path out of this valley involves traveling alone.
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#107Work on affordable housing tech. There is a huge need for housing at all levels, and I really believe the lower end could be revolutionized by new materials and techniques, along with novel approaches to land use. You could make a real meaningful contribution and choose to make money or not along the way. Or whatever you want really. I recently contemplated what I would do if I won the lottery and arrived at that con…
I am interested in affordable housing. Is inefficient tech the biggest contributor to housing cost?
Its definitely local regulations.
In SF for example, even after a housing project is approved, it can be challenged at any point for any reason by the community or politicians. Even projects that meet all regulations can be rejected for any reason, usually that vibes are bad. I think over half of SF is some kind of historical district. Way too much is zoned for SFHs in the city limits. etc.
It's little wonder why housing projects are so expensive in cities that have such strong NIMBYs. Like is it so unreasonable to ask for a bunch of 4 story single stair apartment buildings to be allowed to even be legal?
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#108I feel like there's a weird psychology to these kinds of boo hoo posts that I see from rich people lamenting their good fortune. What's the actual sub-conscious impulse to flaunt your wealth in such a way that devalues it to the 99% of all humanity who weren't so lucky? I can only possibly conclude that the individual who does this is looking for ever more subtle and excusable ways of bragging while appearing to do t…
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#109Do nothing until you realize there's something to be done but it's too late.
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#110Take up trading, it will give you something to do, and afterwards you won't need to worry about being rich!